david wu, head of global rates here with us now. say that when the agreement is more of a cease-fire than a blueprint for what is going to happen. >> the or four things are important about this week. i slept better wednesday night. the trade warws for trump is a means to an end as opposed to an end to itself. you could argue it shows that his hope protectionist tactic is nothing more than a negotiating style. the second takeaway is even though this was a baby step, it paved the way for free trade agreement between europe and the one with japan. most importantly, i think understood you have to divide and conquer. by doing a deal with the eu he is going to put a lot of pressure on china. in the same way by going on a charm offensive with the new president elect is putting a lot .f pressure on mr. trudeau i think there is an important thing. the first thing europeans agreed soybeans buy more u.s. for china imposed tariffs on u.s. soybeans. with the eu's offering is to ease the pain for american farmers. why wouldn't they want to do tha

david wu, south of market community action network. we urge you to please reappoint both commissioners katherin moore and dennis richards to the planning commission. commissioners moore and richards both bring much-needed perspectives to the planning commission, where they look at the impacts of a development or project in a neighborhood or community. while we do not always support their decisions, commissioners moore and richards consistently voice and raise community concerns in addition to community needs. these are aspects to planning that are often greatly lacking in formal planning processes. it's important and valuable and we support both their reappointments to the planning commission. thank you very much. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> cynthia gomez, unite here local 2. the planning commission has seven dedicated members who are dedicated public servants, four of whom are up fore appointment. i'm here to speak about two of them in particular, dennis richards and katherin moore. they're >> disappointed there i

david wu, of south of market community action network. i'm here urging you today to please restore funding to the united families program as part of the larger budget justice coalition ask. it is unacceptable that our most vulnerable residents are constantly under funded. our united families program connects working class immigrant parents and grandparents to the resources they need in a culturally competent manner. please do not strip away these important services for san franciscans that need it the most. again, i urge you to support the funding ask of the budget justice coalition and a.p.i. council for a just budget. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: do you have a figure? >> for the youth program, it is 100,000 annually, and for the united families, program, 50,000 annually. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen: next speaker. >> hi. good afternoon, supervisors. want to thank the budget committee for all their work on the budget so far, and also want to thank the board of supervisors for their unanimous suppor

we're happy that the city is beginning to look at first right of refusal against david wu. but we have a long way to go to address gentrification and have concerns with the plan as it currently exists. the city must aggressively purchase rent-controlled bulledings. there should be no $15 million cap for small sites fund and the 10% inclusionary fees should be raised. it limits the buildings that can be purchased. only a handful of sites have been land trusted in soma. one of the main aims of the district is to preserve existing residence. privately owned, open public spaces are inadequate for children, youth and families. it must require there be a standard designs in place. no incentives should be given to developers. it should be required. rather than giving extensions to developers on currently inadequately popos, it needs to be redesigned to serve children and families. 505 brandon as a new, key site was not vetted by community members. it shows that this plan is by and for developers, even at the late stage of the process. a new key site was added without explanation.

. >> hello, supervisors, i'm david wu with the south of market community action network. we're glad that the city is now considering the right of first refusal as part of the central soma plan, however, we still have issues and concerns with the plan as it currently exists and feel that the plan should still be strengthened. as we have discussed through our soma plan hearings, this is a plan -- this is a plan and a recipe for gentrification and displacement, not just in the south of the market, but the rest of the city as well. by upzoning and allowing luxury housing uses where they were banned, the city is raising the value of the land and inviting rampant speculation. these changes mean increased rents for residential and commercial tenants as new developments create a new and higher comparable value for the area. this plan will decimate the existing community. more needs to be done to ensure that existing community members are able to remain in the south of market and under the face of these pressures. the action must be taken now to address the jept risks and displace

today i would like to reiterate a point that was made by david wu earlier. i would like to urge you to restore the funding to united families and youth organizing for home and neighbourhood action as part of the larger budget justice coalition and api council. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i am born and raised in the tenderloin and i currently live and work in the south of market. we are here today representing the council in the budget justice coalition. i'm speaking to urge you to restore youth organizing home and neighbourhood action. the youth program, as part of the 100,000-dollar ask for youth organizing was formed in 2013. formed by district six youth you wanted to create positive change in their community. since then, they have provided a safe and brave space for youth to build leadership skills from public speaking, to building campaigns, to organizing critical thinking. do not strip the services away. last year, the commission presented a budget priority to prioritize youth organizing. please listen to them on the budget justice

joining me to discuss it cnn political coordinator david swerdlick and shan wu.to start with you, shan. how significant is it from a legal perspective. what is the bar here that is set? mueller doesn't really have to even abide about any of these conditions, does he? >> right. it is a high and ambiguous legal par, which is being set by trump's team so they can define when the elements are met. so, for example, saying that mueller has to prove that there's evidence of trump committing a crime, the question is who decides if that evidence really is there or not? certainly trump's people are not going to agree no matter what mueller puts out. there's a second point which lays out a foundation, if they put forth evidence about the possible criminality of it, later trump's folks can argue there's a fifth amendment concern here, which might be another argument for not letting trump testify. >> david, we have heard from the president before many times. he has said he wants to testify before mueller's investigation, before his committee, that this is something that he wo

wu. also david gergin and david drucker. mj laid out the reporting.ources tell cnn that michael cohen doesn't have tape recordings of this, doesn't have audio to back it up. we know from jim sciutto's reporting that when cohen testified behind closed doors in front of the house intelligence committee, he did not say as much. we don't know if he said it to the senate intel committee. we know at least to the house, he didn't say as much. to the issue of credibility and who you believe this morning, you know, who will mueller's team believe, who will the american people believe, the president or michael cohen? >> no one in this story has a great deal of credibility, i'm afraid. i do think in fairness to the president, if mr. cohen has information which he can corroborate, come forward, then his credibility will go up and the president will be there hot wat water, as will his son who has testified to congress that the president didn't know anything about it. if that testimony was false, co-cohe can be prosecuted over that. the president's son is deeply in

david suite sutter are a thing e past. republicans learned their lesson. you don't pick somebody that doesn't have a proven track record. sutter was picked because he wu recommended because he came from the same state and he allegedly knew him an and it proved to be disastrous. lou: he's a religious viewer of the program greg, as always, great to have you here. >> my pleasure. lou: and congratulations -- wait for it -- on the new book, and we recommend it to you highly. i liked read the russian hoax but the part i like is the illicit scream to clear hillary clinton and frame donald trump. succinct, brilliant and absolutely correct. we recommend it to you. >>> be sure to vote in the poll tonight. do you believe the dems have decided toic nor the constitution all together as they argue the president has no right to name a supreme court nominee. follow me on twitter, like me on facebook, follow me@lou dobbs tonight. thanks for being with us tonight. i am thrilled to be with you >>> up next, lame duck speaker ryan won't come to the defense of his, well, his potential successor. congressman jim jordan, ed rollins, we take that up much. >>> and coming up sh